Inside the White Sox

Orioles shortstop J.J. Hardy won his third consecutive American League Gold Glove award for shortstops on Tuesday, edging the White Sox’ Alexei Ramirez and the Royals’ Alcides Escobar. The White Sox’ other Gold Glove candidate, center fielder Adam Eaton, also was a runner-up to an Oriole. Adam Jones won his fourth gold glove at the

White Sox lefthander Chris Sale is one of three finalists for the American League Cy Young Award. Sale was named by the BBWAA on Tuesday along with Felix Hernandez of the Mariners and Cory Kluber of the Indians. The award will be announced next Wednesday. Sale, who missed six weeks of the season with a

The White Sox claimed outfielder J.B. Shuck off waivers from the Cleveland Indians on Monday and also reinstated right-hander Nate Jones from the 60-day disabled list. Shuck, 27, spent most of 2014 with AAA Salt Lake in the Angels organization, hitting .320 with nine triples, five home runs, 57 RBI and 64 runs scored in

The Cubs have already gotten their man to lead the team in manager Joe Maddon. Now the team will turn its attention toward populating the field, and MLB Trade Rumors took a stab at predicting who the Cubs will get. In a list of the top 50 free agents, MLBTR predicts the Cubs have the

Nine players and one executive comprise the 10 names eligible on the Golden Era ballot of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Among the 10 candidates are White Sox greats Billy Pierce and Minnie Minoso. Candidates that receive votes on 75 percent of the ballots cast by the 16-member Golden Era Committee will

Less than 24 hours after the conclusion of the 2014 World Series, analysts at MyTopSportsBooks.com have posted championship odds for 2015. The Cubs come in at 50-to-1 (and I’ll be curious to see if that moves once Joe Maddon is announced) and the White Sox are 45-to-1. Here are some other interesting lines: Odds of

(lineups posted below) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Royals manager Ned Yost was a picture of confidence hours before Game 7 of the World Series, and why wouldn’t he be? Yost’s bullpen is so good, all he seems to be asking of starting pitcher Jeremy Guthrie against the San Francisco Giants is a few good innings.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The last guy the Kansas City Royals want to see as they try to force a seventh game of the World Series is Giants lefthander Madison Bumgarner. That is a possibility in Game 6 tonight, with the Giants holding a 3-2 series lead, but an appearance by the leading candidate for

The Blue Jays are looking to trade left-hander Mark Buehrle this offseason, according to a report from the Boston Globe’s Nick Cafardo. 3. Mark Buehrle, LHP, Blue Jays — Buehrle will be made available in a trade, though his $19 million contract will likely be a deterrent unless the Jays are willing to assume part